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Establishment of Clinical Exercise Physiology as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK: A Progress Report
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol.10(2), pp.1-10
2024
Abstract
In 2021, a ‘call to action’ was published to highlight the need for professional regulation of clinical exercise physiologists to be established within UK healthcare systems to ensure patient safety and align training and regulation with other health professions. This manuscript provides a progress report on the actions that Clinical Exercise Physiology UK (CEP-UK) has undertaken over the past 4 years, during which time clinical exercise physiologists have implemented regulation and gained formal recognition as healthcare professionals in the UK. An overview of the consultation process involved in creating a regulated health profession, notably the development of policies and procedures for both individual registration and institutional master’s degree (MSc) accreditation is outlined. Additionally, the process for developing an industry-recognised scope of practice, a university MSc-level curriculum framework, the Academy for Healthcare Science Practitioner standards of proficiency and Continuing Professional Development opportunities is included. We outline the significant activities and milestones undertaken by CEP-UK and provide insight and clarity for other health professionals to understand the training and registration process for a clinical exercise physiologist in the UK. Finally, we include short, medium and long-term objectives for the future advocacy development of this workforce in the UK.
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- Title
- Establishment of Clinical Exercise Physiology as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK: A Progress Report
- Authors
- Helen Jones (Corresponding Author) - Liverpool John Moores UniversityAnthony Crozier (Author) - Liverpool John Moores UniversityKeith P George - Liverpool John Moores UniversityGemma D Miller - Liverpool John Moores UniversityGreg Whyte - Liverpool John Moores UniversityJoanna Rycroft - Liverpool John Moores UniversityAndrew Scott - University of PortsmouthJohn P Buckley - Keele UniversityGordon McGregor - Coventry UniversityChristopher Askew - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Sports & Exercise ScienceSandy Jack - University of SouthamptonStefan Birkett - Manchester Metropolitan UniversityDavid Broom - Coventry UniversityKieth Tolfrey - Loughborough UniversityAnna Campbell - Edinburgh Napier UniversityDawn Skelton - Glasgow Caledonian UniversityLizanne Steenkamp - Academy for Healthcare Science (United Kingdom)Jude Savage - Academy for Healthcare Science (United Kingdom)Daniel J Green - The University of Western AustraliaClinical Exercise Physiology UK (Author)
- Publication details
- BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol.10(2), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- BMJ Group
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002033
- ISSN
- 2055-7647
- Copyright note
- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Grant note
- This research was funded by Research England International Investment Initiative funding (iCardio).
- Organisation Unit
- Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; Cancer Research Cluster; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991026298602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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